A little over a week after a Dead in the light of day the designer became publicly agitated at the requests for accessibility options, the developer Behavior Interactive announced that he is working on arrangements for colorblind players.
“That’s not how we wanted to reveal it, but we think it’s the right time,” said Steven Spohn, the studio’s official Twitter account, lawyer and video game accessibility advisor. earlier today. “We’ve been working in a colorblind way for a while and are planning a launch soon.”
Spohn had previously asked the developer to respond statements made by Ethan “Almo” Larson, the designer of the live balance in his personal Twitch stream, during which he mocked a viewer for “continuing to talk about the colorblind way.”
“It’s getting very boring,” Larson said on January 12th. “I have heard it a million times. We know. If we keep talking about it, we won’t change anything. If it ends, it will end when we have time to do it or if someone decides it is something that should be done. We know that many players want this. We know it’s not a small number. I took.”
Dead in the light of day fans have it has long required a colorblind way, because the condition can seriously affect someone’s ability to play the game. According to a recent Reddit post calling on the community to boycott the September 6 online game, which advocacy groups have designated as Colorblindness Awareness Day, some of the most egregious examples in the game include tiny differences between the colors of the health bar effect and recent changes in the interface. use that have replaced a more obvious visual indicator of character damage with a simple red glow.
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Although it could not provide a release date, Behavior Interactive hopes to add a colorblind way Dead in the light of day in the next major game update. The studio also shared examples of the work done so far.
“This does not indicate the views of the team and we apologize deeply for any frustration or harm it may have caused,” the official Twitter account said. he added in response to Larson’s statements.